Nekrolog 1775
This is a list of famous people who died in 1775 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 3rd | Heinrich Gottfried Koch | German actor and theater entrepreneur | ||
| January 8th | John Baskerville | English typographer, master scribe, printer | 68 | |
| January 9th | Johann Heinrich Fricke | German lawyer | 34 | |
| 10. January | Karl von Sievers | German-Baltic statesman and high court marshal of Tsarina Catherine II. | 64 | |
| 13th January | Johann Georg Walch | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian | 81 | |
| January 14th | Peter Schenk the Younger | German engraver and map publisher | 81 | |
| 15. January | Giovanni Battista Sammartini | Italian pre-classical composer | ||
| January 17th | Gottfried August Gründler | German painter, draftsman, engraver, artisan and naturalist | 65 | |
| January 17th | Vincenzo Riccati | Italian mathematician and physicist | 68 | |
| January 18th | Carl Magnus von Schwerin | royal Prussian major general and knight of the Pour le Merite | 59 | |
| January 19th | Johann Adam Loew | German Protestant clergyman | 64 | |
| January 20th | Sebastian Klotz | Violin maker in Mittenwald | 79 | |
| January 20th | Friedrich Florenz Raban von der Wenge | Officer in the Electoral Cologne, Imperial, Paderborn and Munster services | ||
| 21th January | Yemeljan Ivanovich Pugachev | Russian Don Cossack and the leader of the peasant uprising (1773–1775) | ||
| 21th January | Johann Jakob Joseph Sinner Grinder | German legal scholar and university professor | ||
| January 25th | Georg Friedrich Schmidt | German painter, engraver and etcher | 63 | |
| January 26th | Johann Gregorius Höroldt | German porcelain painter | ||
| January 30th | Jürgen Elert Kruse | German educator and author | 65 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5th | Eusebius Amort | German Catholic theologian | 82 | |
| February 6th | William Dowdeswell | British politician | 53 | |
| February 10th | Joseph Stübicher | Austrian Cistercian and abbot | ||
| February 16 | Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun | French playwright | ||
| February 22 | Simon Leonhard von Haerlem | German Oberdeichinspektor | 73 | |
| February 25 | William Small | Thomas Jeffersons teacher and co-founder of the Lunar Society of Birmingham | 40 | |
| February 28 | Antoine-Claude Briasson | French publisher | 74 | |
| February 28 | Johann Jacob Schickler | Merchant, entrepreneur and banker in Prussia | 63 | |
| February 28 | Xiao Yi Chun | Concubine of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd March | Nikolaos Doxaras | Greek painter | ||
| 3 March | Richard Dunthorne | English astronomer and surveyor | ||
| 5. March | Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy | French playwright and actor | 47 | |
| 6th March | Johann Baptist von Schauenburg | Grand Prior of the German Grand Priory of the Maltese and Prince of Heitersheim | 73 | |
| March 12th | Joseph Esperlin | Upper Swabian and Basel painter of the late Baroque and Rococo | ||
| March, 15 | Christian Samuel Butz | Saxon mountain master and mountain sworn | ||
| March 16 | Friedrich von Wangenheim | Prussian colonel and knight of the order Pour le Mérite | ||
| March 18th | Heinrich Wilhelm von Billerbeck | royal Prussian colonel | 68 | |
| March, 20th | Francesco de Los Rios | Field Marshal Holy Roman Empire | ||
| March 22 | Peter August | Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | 77 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Johann Friedrich Funk | Swiss leveler | ||
| 2nd of April | Matthäus Rieger | German bookseller and publisher | 69 | |
| April 5th | Simon-Nicolas de Montjoie-Hirsingue | Prince-Bishop of Basel | 81 | |
| 10th of April | Jonas Haas | German engraver | ||
| 10th of April | Hans Wilhelm von Kanitz | Prussian lieutenant general and knight of the Pour le Merite | 82 | |
| 12. April | Pierre Soubeyran | Swiss-French engraver and encyclopaedist | 68 | |
| April 13th | Christian Friedrich Krafft | German painter | 59 | |
| April 14th | Ernestine Theodora von Pfalz-Sulzbach | Prioress of the Carmelite monastery in Neuburg | 77 | |
| April 16 | Elias Friedrich Schmersahl | German Lutheran theologian, preacher and literary historian | 56 | |
| April 24th | John Rutty | English medic, chemist and naturalist | 77 | |
| April 24th | Franz Xaver Schmuzer | German painter and plasterer | ||
| 26th of April | Josiah Quincy II | American lawyer | 31 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th of May | Karl Joseph Riepp | Organ builder | 65 | |
| May 6th | Josias of agony | Provost of the Preetz Monastery | 69 | |
| May 9 | Vittoria Tesi | Italian opera singer and singing teacher | 75 | |
| 10th of May | Charlotte Ackermann | German actress | 17th | |
| 10th of May | Caroline Mathilde | Queen of Denmark (1767–1772) | 23 | |
| 12th of May | Friederike of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | German noblewoman, Duchess of Saxony-Weissenfels | 59 | |
| May 13th | Georg Friedrich von Johnssen | Adventurer and first great Masonic impostor | ||
| May 14th | Dietrich Reichard von Meyerinck | Prussian lieutenant general | 74 | |
| May 15 | Hans-Friedrich von Krusemark | Prussian lieutenant general | 54 | |
| May 15 | Johann Daniel Ritter | German historian | 65 | |
| May 16 | Veitel Heine Ephraim | Prussian court factor and manufacture owner | ||
| 17th of May | Carlo Carlone | Italian painter and fresco artist | 88 | |
| May 18 | Johann Joachim Kändler | German modeller of the Meissen porcelain factory | 68 | |
| May 22 | Emanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg | Nobleman | 44 | |
| 25. May | Anton Marxer | Austrian clergyman, auxiliary bishop of Vienna | 72 | |
| May | Johann Friedrich Stapfer | Swiss reformed theologian | 67 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 11th | Egidio Duni | Italian opera composer | 66 | |
| June 12 | Christian Ludwig Taddel | Mecklenburg administrative lawyer and hymn poet | 69 | |
| 15th June | Johann Anton Aigner | Catholic priest in Passau and Peuerbach | 73 | |
| 17th of June | John Pitcairn | British naval officer | ||
| 17th of June | Joseph Warren | first American soldier to die in the American Revolutionary War | 34 | |
| 18th of June | Christoph Friedrich Schott | German librarian and university professor of Protestant theology and philosophy | 55 | |
| June 21st | Karl | German prince from the line of Nassau-Usingen | 62 | |
| 23rd June | James Abercrombie junior | British officer in the French and Indian War and the American War of Independence | ||
| 23rd June | Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz | Prussian writer and adventurer | 83 | |
| June 27th | Ignaz Günther | German sculptor | 49 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of July | Gisbert Matthias Elsner | German reformed theologian | 77 | |
| July 11th | Simon Boerum | American politician | 51 | |
| July 13th | Louis Charles de Bourbon, comte d'Eu | Prince of Dombes | 73 | |
| 21 July | Szymon Czechowicz | Polish painter | ||
| July 25th | Joseph Ignatz Claus | Catholic priest | ||
| July 28th | Heinrich Wilhelm Clemm | German theologian and mathematician | ||
| 30th July | Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt | German Lutheran theologian and clergyman | 68 | |
| 30th July | Christian Reichart | German councilor and gardener, founder of horticulture in Germany | 90 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of August | Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber | German composer and organist | 72 | |
| August 9 | Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky | Prussian merchant and patriot | 64 | |
| 12. August | Christian Nettelbladt | German lawyer | 78 | |
| 13 August | Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski | Grand Chancellor of Lithuania | 79 | |
| August 14th | Franz Josef Holzinger | Austrian plasterer and sculptor | ||
| August 16 | Jacob Langebek | Danish historian | 65 | |
| 17th August | Franz Johann Wilhelm von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck | ruling Count of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck | 60 | |
| August 21 | Dhaher al-Omar | Arab-Bedouin ruler in Galilee | ||
| August 22nd | Peter Georg von Puttkamer | Prussian colonel | 61 | |
| August 22nd | Karl Sardagna | Jesuit and religion teacher | 44 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8th | Louis-François Néel de Christot | French Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Sées | 77 | |
| the 9th of September | Karl Friedrich von Meyer | royal Prussian lieutenant general | ||
| September 10 | Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie | Swedish countess | 70 | |
| 12th September | Engelbert Üllenberg | Mayor of Elberfeld | ||
| 13.september | Guillaume Mazéas | physicist | 55 | |
| September 20th | Valentin von Massow | Prussian minister of state and civil servant | 62 | |
| 21st September | Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben | Commander von Schivelbein, Prussian Lieutenant General, Landdrost von Hetter, Rees and Isselburg | 64 | |
| September 23rd | Konstantin Schütz von Holzhausen | German Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop in Fulda and titular bishop of Mennith, Arabia | 65 | |
| September 24th | Emanuel Büchel | Swiss baker, draftsman, topographer and watercolorist | 70 | |
| 25th of September | Jacobus Poel | German businessman and councilor of commerce | ||
| September 26th | Julius Friedrich von Keffenbrink | German church lawyer | 61 | |
| September 26th | Franz Karl von der Leyen | German imperial count | 39 | |
| 30. September | Christian Ernst Endter | German doctor and non-fiction author | 82 | |
| September | Peter von Meinicke | Royal Prussian Major General |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10th | Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières | French military of the Ancien Régime | 64 | |
| October, 16th | Franz Konrad von Rodt | Bishop of Constance (1750–1775) | 69 | |
| October 18 | Christian August Crusius | German Protestant theologian and philosopher | 60 | |
| October 18 | Paul of the Cross | Italian Catholic mystic and founder of the Congregation for the Passion of Jesus Christ | 81 | |
| October 21 | Maria Wilhelmina of Auersperg | Lover of Emperor Franz I Stephan (HRR) | 37 | |
| October 21 | Johann Tobias Carrach | German legal scholar | 73 | |
| October 21 | François-Hubert Drouais | French portrait painter | 47 | |
| October 21 | Folkert Krey | Educator, author | 83 | |
| October 21 | Peyton Randolph | first President of the Continental Congress | 54 | |
| October 21 | Julius Heinrich Black | German builder | ||
| 23rd October | Alexander Jakob von der Schulenburg | Electoral Braunschweig-Lüneburg Major General, Hereditary Lord of Emden, Altenhausen and Hohenwarsleben with Ivenrode | 65 | |
| October 25 | Johan Maurits Mohr | German-Dutch astronomer | 59 | |
| October 27 | Karl Christoph von Schmettau | royal Prussian lieutenant general, governor of the fortress Peiz and governor of Ziesar | 77 | |
| October 29th | Gabriel-François Venel | French doctor, chemist and encyclopaedist | 52 | |
| October | Domingo de Boenechea | Spanish navigator | 62 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Pierre-Joseph Bernard | French poet | 67 | |
| November 2 | Johann Klefeker | German syndic | 77 | |
| November 3rd | Johann Valentin Bontemps | German porcelain painter and porcelain artist | ||
| November 3rd | Juan José Pérez Hernández | Spanish explorer and ethnographer | ||
| November 5th | Christian IV | Duke of Zweibrücken | 53 | |
| November 5th | Thank God David Hartmann | German writer | 23 | |
| November 6th | Johann Friedrich Bahrdt | German Protestant theologian | 62 | |
| November 7th | Johann Gottfried Hildebrandt | German organ builder | ||
| November 7th | François Rebel | French composer | 74 | |
| November 9th | Friedrich Georg Riedesel zu Eisenbach | Officer, 23rd Hessian Hereditary Marshal | 72 | |
| November 9th | Francisco Ximenes de Texada | 69th Grand Master of the Order of Malta | ||
| November 13th | Jeanne d'Urfé | French occultist | ||
| November 16 | Marian Paradeiser | Lower Austrian composer and Benedictine | ||
| November 18 | Johann Michael von Benckendorff | Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army | 55 | |
| 21st November | John Hill | English pharmacist, doctor, botanist and writer | ||
| November 24th | Lorenzo Ricci | Superior General of the Societas Jesu (Jesuit Order) | 72 | |
| November 27th | Reinhard von Gemmingen-Hornberg | German imperial knight, military | 65 | |
| November 27th | Otto Christopher von der Howen | Courland-Semgallian civil servant and politician | 76 | |
| November 29th | Giovanni Lorenzo Somis | Italian violinist, composer and painter | 87 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Georg Christoph von Daembke | second chief of the Invalid Corps and commandant of the Invalidenhaus in Berlin | 56 | |
| December 1 | Thomas von Fritsch | Saxon statesman | ||
| 2. December | Christians Djurhuus | Danish pastor in the Faroe Islands | 67 | |
| 2. December | Paul Joseph von Riegger | Lawyer and state church law teacher | 70 | |
| 3rd of December | Jacob Heinrich Born | Saxon lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | ||
| December 4th | Princess Tarakanova | Russian pretender to the throne as the alleged daughter of Tsarina Elizabeth I. | ||
| December 7th | Charles Saunders | Admiral of the Royal Navy and First Lord of the Admiralty | ||
| December 7th | Fabrizio Serbelloni | Italian cardinal | 80 | |
| December 8th | Josef Ignaz Mildorfer | Austrian painter | 56 | |
| 9th of December | Pietro Gnocchi | Italian composer in the Neapolitan Baroque style | 86 | |
| 15th December | Paul Joseph Malachow by Malachowski | royal Prussian lieutenant general | 62 | |
| 15th December | Marie-Angélique Memmie LeBlanc | French wolf child of unknown origin | ||
| December 18th | Dietrich Christoph Gustav von Maltzahn | Prussian district administrator | 49 | |
| 20th of December | Sigismund Streit | German merchant and patron | 88 | |
| 21st December | Philipp Ernst Raufseysen | German writer | ||
| 24th of December | Bernardino de Vecchi | Roman Catholic cardinal | 76 | |
| December 31 | Richard Montgomery | American general in the Revolutionary War | 39 | |
| December | Antonio Gaetano Pampani | Italian conductor, opera and oratorio composer | ||
| December | Manuel de Salamanca | Spanish officer who served as governor of Chile |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrecht Friedrich von Borck | Prussian colonel and head of the regiment | |||
| Fra Cyprian | Camaldolese monk | |||
| Valentin Jamerai Duval | French numismatist | |||
| Gustav Eberhard von Greiffenpfeil | District Administrator of the Greifenhagen district | |||
| Karl Theophil Guichard | Prussian officer and military writer | |||
| Christian Viktor Herold | German bell caster, redsmith and piece caster | |||
| Johann Nepomuk of Montfort | Canon of Cologne | |||
| Muhammad Bey Abu Dahab | Bey of the Mamluks in Egypt | |||
| Philipp Muttone | builder | |||
| Prithvi Narayan Shah | King of Nepal | |||
| Mohammed ibn Abdel Karim al-Samman | ʿĀlim and mystic | |||
| Christian Friedrich Schulze | German scientist |